Sony: PS4 failure rate is at horrifying 0.4% (oh the horror !)

[Frequency]

drkohler said:

Frequency said:
.. we stripped it down (our US machine cannot be exchanged in japan) and found it to be a defective aluminum capacitor located under where the hard drive housing sits, waiting on a replacement we ordered to see if it can be fixed.

Interesting that  a single cap (not at the power fets) can bring the house down. Usually it doesn't smell like roses either when a cap blows up, too..

If it was related to the power loop I doubt it would be powering on at all.